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<br />, - <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />Table of Contents <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />I. Introduction <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />n. Description and Definition of Water Salvage <br />A Irrigation Water Budget <br />B. Definitions <br />C. Methods of Improving Irrigation Efficiency <br />D. Municipal and Industrial Water Use Efficiency <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />III. Federal Programs Resulting in Salvage <br />A Federal Salinity Program <br />B. Other Federal Programs <br />1. Clean Water Act <br />2. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) <br />3. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) <br />4. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) <br />5. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />IV. Legal Standards Implicated by Water Salvage <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />V. Resource Impacts of Water Salvage <br />A Water Supply Impacts <br />B. Water Quality Impacts <br />C. Groundwater Impacts <br />D. Environmental Impacts <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />VI. Policy Issues <br />A Role of the State <br />B. Resource Tradeoffs <br />C. Legal Questions <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />VII. Conclusions <br />A Varying Degrees of Water Conservation <br />B. Various Possible Entitlements to Salvaged or Saved Water <br />C. Various Roles for the State of Colorado <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />Appendices <br /> <br />Appendix A - Previous Colorado Bills <br />Appendix B - Water Budget Diagrams and Tables <br />Appendix C - Definitions <br />